My First Attempt at Making Ban Chien Kuih (Chinese pancake) -Recipe

I tried this recipe with whatever ingredients that I have in hand after I came across it in Lily’s Wai Sek Hong blog and also Amy Beh’s recipe in The Star newspaper. Unfortunately, I burned it a little and my Ban Chien Kueh turned out to be 'Burned Chien Kuih'! LOL I have to scrape off some of the burned part. Otherwise it would have been perfect. Since I only made a very little batter for just one ban chien kuih, the texture turned out to be crispy. Instead of going through the hassle of roasting some peanuts, I bought a packet of roasted peanuts from an Indian kacang putih (peanuts and snacks stall) man in my area. I don’t have buttermilk, so I just used some milk powder mixed with brown sugar. I also did not use Kan Sui (Potassium Carbonate water), which a lot of people told me that it is not good for health. My 10” diameter non-stick pan came in handy for me to cook the Ban Chien Kuih. The ingredients below are enough to make one pancake using this pan. And the final result!............It taste like Ban Jien Kuih, Smells like Ban Chien Kuih but it is not Ban Chien Kuih but 'Burned Chien Kuih'! ROFL!

Ingredients to make one Ban Chien Kuih (10’’ non stick pan size)
Wheat Flour, 10 table spoons
Rice flour, 2 ½ table spoons
Water, 1 cup Sugar, 1 table spoon
Brown sugar, 2 table spoon
Milk, 1 table spoon
Bicarbonate of soda, ½ teaspoon
Salt, ½ teaspoon

Fillings
Roasted peanuts, 4 table spoons, blended into fine granules
Sugar, 2 table spoons or to taste
Butter, 1 table spoon

Mix all the ingredients for the Ban Chien Kuih batter. Heat up non-stick pan and coat it with a little vegetable oil. Pour the Ban Chien kuih batter into the pan and close it with a lid to make sure that the top side is cook evenly. Put the fillings into the Ban Chien Kuih and cook for 2 minutes. Then use a butter knife to lift up one side and fold it into half. Cut into 4 pieces and serve! Peanuts and sugar mixture...................................Ban Chien Kuih Batter in my non stick pan

My 'Burned Chien Kuih'! But it taste good! LOL!

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Ban Chien Kueh (Chinese Pancakes with Ground Peanuts, sugar and Margarine)

One wok of Ban Chien Kuih, cut into 6 pcs. Only 5 pcs left when I took this picture because my daughter already ate one piece.

There are many versions of Ban Chien Kueh (Penang Hokkien name). One of my favourite stall is located in Kepong Baru Morning Wet Market. The owner of the stall cooks around 5 woks of ban chien kueh at one go and it takes a great skill to make sure all are cooked well. Her daughter will take order and cut the Ban Chien Kueh for customers. I buy the BCK from this stall because it comes with a generous amount of ground peanuts and the taste is good. A wok cost RM3.20. There are two types available; thin crispy crusts or thick non crispy crust. I normally buy the latter. Location of the Ban Chien Kueh Stall (Chinese Pancakes)